Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1868, Dec. 22 | Born, Ogden, Utah |
1885-1893 | Managed ranch on his father's land in Nebraska |
circa 1893-circa 1895 | Studied under his brother Gutzon Borglum in California |
1895-1897 | Studied under Louis Rebisso, Cincinnati Art School, Cincinnati, Ohio |
1897 | Won scholarship to study in France |
1898 | Studied under Emmanuel Fremiet, Académie Julian, Paris, France Married Emma Vignal (died 1934) |
1899 | Visited Crow Creek Indian Reservation, South Dakota |
1900 | Won silver and bronze medals, Paris Exposition, Paris, France |
1901 | Won silver medal, Pan-American Exposition, World's Fair, Buffalo, N.Y. |
1904 | Won gold medal, St. Louis Exposition, St. Louis, Mo. |
1906 | Moved to Connecticut Founded school of arts in Silvermine community, New Canaan, Conn. |
1907 | Founded with fellow artists the Silvermine Group of Artists (originally called the "Knockers") |
1918-1919 | Traveled to Europe with the Young Men's Christian Association Director, Les Foyers du Soldat, Union Franco-Américaine |
1919 | Awarded Croix de Guerre for his work with the Les Foyers du Soldat, Union Franco-Américaine, during World War I Appointed head, Department of Sculpture, Educational Corps, American Expeditionary Forces Art Training Center, Bellevue, France |
1920 | Founded School of American Sculpture, New York, N.Y. |
1922, Jan. 30 | Died, Stamford, Conn. |